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With that she sat down at Rose's computer, and, in just slightly more than a quarter hour, turned out another of the quality pieces of writing for which she is famous in these parts.
Whatever the assignment, Virginia has proven herself equal to the challenge. She's written feature stories, chronicled county meetings and served as interim sports editor during Carey's two-week vacation.
She's even forgotten an assignment and still gotten the story - complete with quotes - in record time and in good enough form to make that week's front page.
We aren't sure if we owe the blessing of Virginia's presence here to Western's raising the bar (we think she might be pre-bar or maybe that she got in under the bar), but we do know we've been glad to have her, and that's she's a credit to WCU.
We don't hold it against Virginia that she hails from Long Creek, S.C., or that she attended high school at Rabun Gap in Georgia. After all, a person can't help where their parents decide to settle. And Virginia would make a good Tar Heel - she could just as easily be from Long Branch or Locust Creek as Long Creek.
Writing has been a part of Virginia's life since she was small.
"I always wrote poems and short stories," she said. Despite her lifelong love of writing, though, she started out in college as an archaelogy major. One reason for her switch to English, she said, was her interest in becoming a science writer - one who takes the news of fascinating discoveries and tells the story in everyday language and terms.
Virginia will leave us next week and head east, WCU degree in hand, to seek her fortune in the Triangle area with her fiance, Mike. All of us here at the Cafe are going to miss her, that's for sure, but, as usual, Frosty put it best: "She's a peach," he said. "I like that young'un."
As do we all. Virginia's arrival was like Christmas in May - an unexpected pleasure that made us believe in miracles.
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